History of medicine in the xxi centery: crisis of methodology

The issues of the methodology of historical and medical research are considered. A weak methodological basis for research on the history of medicine is shown, which consists in the use of phenomenological and ideographic methods, which is not a study of history itself, but is a chronicle. Attention is focused on the patterns of the turn of historical and medical research to the study of social problems in medicine. The importance of using civilizational and modernization concepts of historical knowledge was emphasized. The description of the features of teaching the discipline «History of Medicine», manifested in the reference and biographical presentation of the material, is given. The main conclusion is that the study of the history of medicine can only be successful on the basis of an interdisciplinary approach by the joint efforts of doctors and professional historians.